Clifford Chance Invests In Shure Ceiling Microphone Array

Clifford Chance’s Munich offices have eight meeting rooms, two of which (known as "Englischer Garten" and "Münchner Freiheit" after two of Munich’s most popular public spaces, the "English Garden" park and the square where Munich’s most popular Christmas market is held) can be combined into one large conference area or used separately. The audio solution chosen for use in the room needed to be compatible with either room configuration, and to allow the rooms to be split or combined quickly without complicating the switchover.

Local integrator Claus Heinemann Elektroanlagen GmbH was tasked with the installation, and chose Shure’s ceiling microphone array for audio capture in the room(s): in total three Microflex Advance MXA910 ceiling arrays were used throughout the conference area. All three were installed to work together, but can also be operated in isolation if required, depending on how the meeting space is configured. Various presets have been set up to deal with the different possible room configurations, allowing the microphones to be reset for different situations at the touch of a button. For seminars involving presenters or a rotating cast of speakers, a QLX-D digital wireless microphone system was installed with headset microphones and a handheld mic transmitter featuring a Beta 87C capsule.